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Ecclesiastes 2:12-17

12And Iturnedוּפָנִ֤יתִֽיu.fa.Ni.tiH6437myself tobeholdלִרְא֣וֹתlir.'otH7200wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451, andmadnessוְהוֹלֵל֖וֹתve.ho.le.LotH1947, andfollyוְסִכְל֑וּתve.sikh.LutH5531: for what can themanהָאָדָ֗םha.'a.DamH120do thatcomethשֶׁיָּבוֹא֙shei.ya.Vo'H935afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428? even that which hath beenalreadyכְּבָ֖רke.VarH3528doneעָשֽׂוּהוּ׃'a.Su.huH6213.

13Then Isawוְרָאִ֣יתִיve.ra.'I.tiH7200thatשֶׁיֵּ֥שׁshei.YeshH3426wisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֖הla.cha.khe.MahH2451excellethיִתְר֛וֹןyit.RonH3504follyהַסִּכְל֑וּתha.sikh.LutH5531, as far aslightהָא֖וֹרha.'OrH216excellethכִּֽיתְר֥וֹןkit.RonH3504darknessהַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ha.Cho.shekhH2822.

14The wiseman’sהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450eyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869are in hisheadבְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹbe.ro.ShoH7218; but thefoolוְהַכְּסִ֖ילve.ha.ke.SilH3684walkethהוֹלֵ֑ךְho.LekhH1980indarknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822: and I myselfperceivedוְיָדַ֣עְתִּיve.ya.Da'.tiH3045also thatoneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259eventשֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥הshe.mik.RehH4745happenethיִקְרֶ֥הyik.RehH7136to them all.

15Thenאָ֣ז'azH227saidוְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽיve.'a.Mar.tiH559I in myheartבְּלִבִּ֗יbe.li.BiH3820, As ithappenethכְּמִקְרֵ֤הke.mik.RehH4745to thefoolהַכְּסִיל֙ha.ke.SilH3684, so ithappenethיִקְרֵ֔נִיyik.Re.niH7136even tomeH1571; and why was I thenmoreיוֹתֵ֑רyo.TerH3148wiseחָכַ֛מְתִּיcha.Kham.tiH2449? Then Isaidוְדִבַּ֣רְתִּיve.di.Bar.tiH1696in myheartבְלִבִּ֔יve.li.BiH3820, that this also isvanityהָֽבֶל׃Ha.velH1892.

16For there is noremembranceזִכְר֧וֹןzikh.RonH2146of thewiseלֶחָכָ֛םle.cha.KhamH2450morethanH5973of thefoolהַכְּסִ֖ילha.ke.SilH3684foreverלְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.LamH5769; seeing that whichnowבְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞רbe.she.ke.VarH3528is in thedaysהַיָּמִ֤יםhai.ya.MimH3117tocomeהַבָּאִים֙ha.ba.'ImH935shall all beforgottenנִשְׁכָּ֔חnish.KachH7911. And howdiethיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191thewiseהֶחָכָ֖םhe.cha.KhamH2450man ? as thefoolהַכְּסִֽיל׃ha.ke.SilH3684.

17Therefore Ihatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ve.sa.Ne.tiH8130lifeהַ֣חַיִּ֔יםha.chai.YimH2416; because theworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔הha.ma.'a.SehH4639that iswroughtשֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖הshe.na.'a.SahH6213under thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121isgrievousרַ֤עra'H7451to me: for all isvanityהֶ֖בֶלHe.velH1892andvexationוּרְע֥וּתu.re.'UtH7469ofspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

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